Finance Jobs in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 2,014 2,594 3,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.64% 12.61% 20.54%
As % of the General category 24.15% 23.86% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 836 1,735 1,518
10th Percentile £25,313 £28,350 £32,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £76,840 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,528 £84,964 £82,548
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +7.69% -5.55% +1.96%

All General Skills
North of England

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,341 10,871 10,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 68.92% 52.85% 68.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,740 7,709 4,951
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,857 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.90% +3.15%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North of England.

Salary trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +2 1,384 £55,000 +4.76% 3,337
Yorkshire 0 474 £59,652 +8.46% 2,007
North East -1 155 £52,500 +5.00% 554
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 79 (3.92%) Confluence
2 55 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
3 15 (0.74%) SAS
4 5 (0.25%) Apache
4 5 (0.25%) IIS
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.15%) GemFire
6 2 (0.099%) CMS
6 2 (0.099%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.099%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.050%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.050%) CICS
7 1 (0.050%) Moodle
7 1 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.050%) WebLogic
Applications
1 119 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (0.79%) Trello
5 9 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 56 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 16 (0.79%) SAP ERP
4 10 (0.50%) Infor LN
4 10 (0.50%) SAP BPC
5 6 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.25%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.25%) Sage CRM
7 4 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.15%) Maximo
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.15%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.099%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.099%) Line 50
9 2 (0.099%) Magento
9 2 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 311 (15.44%) Azure
2 230 (11.42%) AWS
3 155 (7.70%) GCP
4 96 (4.77%) Power Platform
5 44 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (1.84%) GitHub
7 35 (1.74%) SaaS
8 28 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (0.79%) Serverless
10 13 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (0.60%) Azure Machine Learning
11 12 (0.60%) Cloud Composer
12 10 (0.50%) Entra ID
13 9 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (0.45%) Figma
13 9 (0.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 8 (0.40%) Miro
14 8 (0.40%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 397 (19.71%) VPN
2 396 (19.66%) DNS
3 15 (0.74%) SAN
4 14 (0.70%) Firewall
4 14 (0.70%) Network Security
5 11 (0.55%) Intranet
6 10 (0.50%) Internet
6 10 (0.50%) WAN
7 9 (0.45%) Broadband
7 9 (0.45%) Wireless
8 7 (0.35%) DHCP
8 7 (0.35%) LAN
8 7 (0.35%) NAS
9 6 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.25%) DKIM
10 5 (0.25%) DMARC
10 5 (0.25%) HTTP
10 5 (0.25%) SMTP
10 5 (0.25%) VLAN
10 5 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.22%) Power BI
3 43 (2.14%) NoSQL
4 42 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (1.89%) MongoDB
6 37 (1.84%) Tableau
7 30 (1.49%) Big Data
8 28 (1.39%) MySQL
9 26 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
11 20 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.74%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.70%) BigQuery
14 13 (0.65%) Cloud Spanner
15 12 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (0.50%) Relational Database
16 10 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 9 (0.45%) Data Hub
17 9 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 196 (9.73%) JIRA
2 132 (6.55%) SonarQube
3 125 (6.21%) Selenium
4 122 (6.06%) Cucumber
5 120 (5.96%) Sonatype Nexus
6 118 (5.86%) GitLab
7 117 (5.81%) Maven
8 116 (5.76%) Bitbucket
9 64 (3.18%) Git
10 38 (1.89%) Jenkins
11 18 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (0.60%) TeamCity
13 9 (0.45%) JUnit
14 6 (0.30%) JMeter
14 6 (0.30%) LoadRunner
14 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.25%) ER Studio
15 5 (0.25%) Postman
16 4 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
16 4 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 695 (34.51%) Analytical Skills
2 672 (33.37%) Social Skills
3 532 (26.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 418 (20.75%) Banking
5 172 (8.54%) Marketing
6 159 (7.89%) Manufacturing
7 152 (7.55%) Retail
8 102 (5.06%) Legal
9 80 (3.97%) Investment Banking
10 72 (3.57%) Corporate Banking
11 64 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
12 46 (2.28%) Law
13 45 (2.23%) Financial Institution
14 33 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.44%) Public Sector
16 27 (1.34%) Military
17 26 (1.29%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.19%) Advertising
19 20 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
20 19 (0.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 454 (22.54%) Developer
2 390 (19.36%) Software Developer
3 273 (13.56%) Analyst
4 204 (10.13%) Software Engineer
5 190 (9.43%) Senior
6 118 (5.86%) Lead
7 97 (4.82%) Project Manager
8 91 (4.52%) Development Manager
9 78 (3.87%) Architect
10 71 (3.53%) Product Manager
11 68 (3.38%) Automation Engineer
12 66 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
13 64 (3.18%) Product Development Manager
14 63 (3.13%) Data Analyst
15 60 (2.98%) Financial Analyst
16 50 (2.48%) Senior Manager
17 40 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (1.94%) Customer Executive
19 37 (1.84%) Infrastructure Manager
20 36 (1.79%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (8.39%) React
2 165 (8.19%) Spring
3 157 (7.80%) Spring Boot
4 147 (7.30%) CSS
5 146 (7.25%) Kafka
6 140 (6.95%) HTML
7 113 (5.61%) Redux
8 112 (5.56%) JPA
9 105 (5.21%) RESTful
10 93 (4.62%) REST
11 80 (3.97%) CSS3
12 78 (3.87%) HTML5
13 76 (3.77%) Jest
14 72 (3.57%) Sass
15 55 (2.73%) .NET
16 47 (2.33%) Node.js
17 45 (2.23%) Hibernate
18 36 (1.79%) Software Packaging
19 20 (0.99%) AngularJS
20 18 (0.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 391 (19.41%) Cyberattack
2 209 (10.38%) Product Ownership
3 197 (9.78%) Management Information System
4 145 (7.20%) FMCG
5 128 (6.36%) Enterprise Software
6 71 (3.53%) Operational Technology
7 66 (3.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 60 (2.98%) Social Media
9 58 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
10 36 (1.79%) Cloud Native
11 30 (1.49%) Public Cloud
12 27 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.29%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.09%) Mainframe
15 21 (1.04%) Private Cloud
16 19 (0.94%) Onboarding
17 18 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
18 16 (0.79%) Derivative
18 16 (0.79%) e-Learning
19 15 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 428 (21.25%) Linux
2 393 (19.51%) Android
3 73 (3.62%) Windows
4 22 (1.09%) Windows Vista
5 11 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.50%) Unix
7 7 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (43.89%) Agile
2 482 (23.93%) Line Management
3 467 (23.19%) Mathematics
4 457 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
5 423 (21.00%) OOP
6 419 (20.80%) OO
7 400 (19.86%) Design Patterns
8 388 (19.27%) Android Development
9 325 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 302 (15.00%) Software Engineering
11 298 (14.80%) DevOps
12 259 (12.86%) Project Management
13 226 (11.22%) CI/CD
14 221 (10.97%) Mentoring
15 209 (10.38%) Decision-Making
15 209 (10.38%) Test Automation
16 197 (9.78%) Microservices
17 193 (9.58%) Analytics
18 166 (8.24%) Containerisation
19 165 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 645 (32.03%) Java
2 494 (24.53%) Python
3 405 (20.11%) C++
4 401 (19.91%) Go
5 263 (13.06%) SQL
6 174 (8.64%) JavaScript
7 134 (6.65%) TypeScript
8 60 (2.98%) C#
9 25 (1.24%) PHP
10 24 (1.19%) PowerShell
11 16 (0.79%) ABAP
12 13 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.60%) R
14 10 (0.50%) Bash
14 10 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.40%) Bicep
16 7 (0.35%) Ruby
17 5 (0.25%) VB
18 4 (0.20%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 428 (21.25%) Degree
2 419 (20.80%) Security Cleared
3 396 (19.66%) DV Cleared
4 103 (5.11%) HNC
5 95 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 87 (4.32%) DBS Check
7 79 (3.92%) ACCA
8 78 (3.87%) CIMA
9 47 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (1.59%) Master's Degree
11 28 (1.39%) CCAB
12 24 (1.19%) CISSP
13 20 (0.99%) SC Cleared
14 19 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 19 (0.94%) PMP
15 17 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (0.79%) Azure Certification
16 16 (0.79%) ICAEW
17 12 (0.60%) CIPFA
17 12 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (10.68%) QA
2 95 (4.72%) Accessibility
3 79 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.59%) GDPR
5 30 (1.49%) NEBOSH
6 25 (1.24%) SLA
7 22 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.89%) EMIR
8 18 (0.89%) MiFID
9 17 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 16 (0.79%) PCI DSS
11 15 (0.74%) IFRS
12 12 (0.60%) PMO
13 10 (0.50%) COBIT
14 9 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.45%) SOC 2
15 8 (0.40%) GAAP
15 8 (0.40%) NIST
16 6 (0.30%) ITGC
17 4 (0.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 595 (29.54%) Docker
2 21 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.15%) vSphere
6 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.050%) XenApp
6 1 (0.050%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 407 (20.21%) Ansible
2 220 (10.92%) Kubernetes
3 63 (3.13%) Terraform
4 14 (0.70%) Progress Chef
5 12 (0.60%) Grafana
6 10 (0.50%) Istio
7 7 (0.35%) SCCM
8 6 (0.30%) Puppet
9 4 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.15%) Argo
10 3 (0.15%) Kibana
10 3 (0.15%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.099%) Control-M
11 2 (0.099%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.050%) CA Service Virtualization
12 1 (0.050%) logstash
12 1 (0.050%) SCOM
12 1 (0.050%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 186 (9.24%) Microsoft
2 137 (6.80%) SAP
3 120 (5.96%) Solace
4 90 (4.47%) Oracle
5 66 (3.28%) Rockwell
5 66 (3.28%) Siemens
6 60 (2.98%) Google
7 51 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.39%) IBM
9 27 (1.34%) Bloomberg
10 26 (1.29%) VMware
11 24 (1.19%) Cisco
12 22 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 21 (1.04%) BT
14 14 (0.70%) Cognos
15 13 (0.65%) Concur
15 13 (0.65%) Dell
16 10 (0.50%) Infor
16 10 (0.50%) Sage
17 9 (0.45%) JD Edwards